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I still have not paid this so called fine and have not had anything from them since November!

Hi ,
Having just arrived from germany on the ferry and driving up to Scotland , I thought
I might just as well spend the night with my springer spaniel in the motel ,
I asked where I can park the answer was in front of the hotel , and I must pin in my car
number so I wont get a fine . Low and behold 2 months later in my home in Germany I got a 100pound
fine !!!! Would it not be beter EPCpcl to get the info from the hotel as tracing me to the shores of
the Baltic!!!!After a letter to explain that I slept in the hotel they wrote back asking for proof , my God did
I not pin in my car reg in the hotel ,can they not ask the hotel , no sir I am not going to play
this stupid game !!
dm

I have just received a so called parking fine from Moto Lymm Services for staying 2hrs 50mins and they want me to pay £110!!! Which I think is no more than theft, as I spent £30 in their restaurant and another £60 at their pumps.

I will not be paying this and should it go to court I will offer them the loss of revenue they claim £2.00.

So up theirs and I will no longer use any Moto Sevices!!!!!!!!!

Near the end a traumatic day I hired a car from Manchester Airport and drove to Lymm, having booked a room at the Travelodge. I missed the nearly overgrown 'Cars' sign and found myself in the lorry park, drove through it to the carpark (entering it at the back), and parked outside the Travelodge. I saw no sign saying I had to pay. Now, home in Australia, Hertz has debited my credit card for £84.50 (50 for the fine, 30 for their administration fee and 4.50 for VAT). I am disgusted, what a way to raise money. 'Service' station is certainly a misnomer.

we had travelled from scottish borders and was on our way to wales it was about 6 oclock in the evening and we had pulled in with our camper van into the lorry park .as we pulled in we was waved passed by a man in a yellow tabard who was sat on a chair out side a storage container clocking number plates.we spoke to two lorry drivers but neither of them said of a charge to park.we left the lorry park at 6.30 am and was seen leaving by the same man in the container(office) today we received the parking charge although we was displaying a disable badge we would have payed to stop overnight if parking eye wants to run the services to a high standard firstly they want to not jump on people who genually had no idea that a charge needed to be payed, and secondly change the staff who supposedly are there to help and assist the motorist never mind if your a hgv or a transit campervan.

to follow up the entry above - i was driving on the M6 and again was feeling tired and beginning to nod off. The Lymm services was the next stopping opportunity and so i used it. Having no change on me i had a choice - have a sleep as required by law (as i can get sent to prison if i kill someone if driving whislt tired) or continue driving. So after sleeping in my car i left and i got a £50 fine a few weeks later. I am quite happy to pay the fee required but no, they go for the fine option straight away.

Here is a quote from This is Money

"Private compnies can issue tickets to drivers parked on their property, but the rules are not the same as local authorities.
If you receive a ticket in a private car park,(such as Poplar 2000) remember that it is not criminal law, but contract law that applies. The driver enters into a contract with the landowner when they drive into the car park. That means that it is only the driver that can be subject to a ticket from a private company. If they do not know who the driver was, they cannot claim a penalty. They have no legal right to demand that you identify the driver.....

...If the company wish to pursue a claim in the small claims court, they have to prove that you were the driver of the car. Any comments that you make may assist them in this aim, so best to say nothing.

If you refuse to pay, the private company has to pursue you through the small claims court. It is up to them to prove a breach of contract so look at the terms carefully. These are usually printed on a sign at the entrance to the car park.

Additionally, you may be able to reduce any fine issued by a private comany. Under contract law, they can only claim for any loss they have suffered because of your offence. They may try to claim a penalty of say, £100, but in law they may only be entitled to any revenue lost. So, if you pay £2 to park for one hour, but stay for three hours, they can only claim for two hours of lost revenue, which is £4. ........."

Poplar 2000 use ParkingEye as a contractor, their address is

ParkingEye Ltd
40 Eaton Avenue,
Matrix Park,
Buckshaw Village,
Chorley,
Lancashire,
United Kingdom.
PR7 7NA

01772 450979

Director Andrew McKerney

WHICH BRINGS us to Lymm Services on the M6 in Cheshire. Emma Faulkner, a cruise ship waitress, was driving home from London to Lancashire just after midnight when she began to feel tired. Obeying the tiresome and usually useless messages on the overhead displays, she pulled into the services and had a kip. She awoke at 4.30am and continued her journey safely.

Weeks later, she received a letter demanding £50 because she had outstayed the service station's two-hour parking limit and been photographed by an advanced number plate recognition system and automatically fined.

A spokesman for the car park operators, Parking Eye (and isn't that a sinister name?) says: 'The signage within the motorway service station is very clear, stating that if a motorist wishes to park for longer than two hours there is a fee.'

So that's all right then. Never mind road safety, never mind the risk of dropping off and piling head-on into a people carrier full of children. As long as the signage is clear, the people who run Lymm Services can wash their hands of any kind of public responsibility with a clear conscience.

Is this the Britain you want to live in? It's certainly not a country of which I can be proud.

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